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Fridays with 45th Parallel: Octo Cello!

April 2, 2021 @ 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm PDT

Virtual Concert

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This week eight virtuoso cellists will create a wall of gorgeous bass clef sound, performing music of Rossini, Mozart, Wagner, and Marquez. If you caught their performance of the Nutcracker Suite last Christmas, you’ll know that this concert is not to be missed!

WORKS

Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Overture)
Wagner: Parsifal (Fragment)
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 2

PERFORMERS

Seth Biagini, cello
Pansy Chang, cello
Trevor Fitzpatrick, cello
Antoinette Gan, cello
Kevin Kunkel, cello
Valdine Mishkin, cello
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
Dylan Rieck, cello

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Fridays with 45th Parallel: Repercussions

March 19, 2021 @ 6:00 pm

Free Donations accepted.

Virtual Concert

For our 41st concert, we’ve invited Boston-based drummer Cristián Tamblay to join the Pyxis Quartet for a unique performance of the finale from Bartok’s String Quartet No. 4. The program also features Caroline Shaw’s brilliant Entr’acte, and the piece that inspired her to write it, Joseph Haydn’s marvelously eccentric Minuet and Trio from his String Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2.

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WORKS

Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte
Joseph Haydn: Minuet and Trio from String Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2
Bela Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Mvmt. 5

PERFORMERS

Greg Ewer, violin
Ron Blessinger, violin
Charles Noble, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
Cristián Tamblay, drums

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Fridays with 45th Parallel: Across the Pond

March 12, 2021 @ 6:00 pm

Virtual Concert

Free Donations accepted.

Musicians in Portland, London, and Bratislava, performing as a unified ensemble via groundbreaking technology… Fridays with 45^th Parallelpresents piano quartets of Schumann, Godar, and Piazzolla, performed by violinist Tom Norris (London), cellist Jozef Luptak (Bratislava), pianist Maria Garcia (Portland), and violist Ron Blessinger (Portland).

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WORKS

Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
Vladimir Godár: Ricercar
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion

PERFORMERS

Tom Norris, violin (London)
Ron Blessinger, viola (Portland)
Jozef Lupták, cello (Bratislava)
Maria Garcia, piano (Portland)

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Fridays with 45th Parallel: Voodoo Dolls

February 19, 2021 @ 6:00 pm

Virtual Concert

Donations accepted.

“Music is my connection to the world. It guides me to understand my place in relation to others and challenges me to make clear the things I do not understand. I imagine that music is a meeting place at which all people can converse about their unique differences and common stories.”
— Jessie Montgomery

Unique differences and common stories, music as meeting place for fellowship and conversation… this is what Fridays with 45^th Parallel has become since our first broadcast last May. This Friday will be our 37th show, and features the Pyxis Quartet performing music of Carlos Simon, Jessie Montgomery, and Florence Price, in honor of Black History Month.

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WORKS

Carlos Simon: An Elegy: A Cry from the Grave
Jessie Montgomery: Voodoo Dolls
Florence Price: String Quartet No. 1 in G major

PERFORMERS

Greg Ewer, violin
Ron Blessinger, violin
Charles Noble, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello

45th Parallel Universe

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